TWiki

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TWiki
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Version: 6.0.1 updated
Upload Date: 17 Jul 15
Developer: Peter Thoeny
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 15

Rating: 4.0/5 (Total Votes: 2)

TWiki is an open source, easy to use, powerful and flexible web-based application and enterprise collaboration platform.

It is actually a Structured Wiki, which can be used to run a knowledge base, a project development space, a document management system or any other groupware solution.

TWiki features auto links, text formatting, search, email notifications, structured content, file attachments, revision control, access control, variables, plugins, application platform, templates and skins, managing pages, managing users, statistics, preferences, and topic locking.

The application supports any major web browser, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Apple Safari, Epiphany, etc.

What is new in this release:

  • a patch release that adds new features and fixes a number of bugs

What is new in version 6.0.0:

  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Add dashboards to Web home topics
  • Categorize TWiki variables & add TWiki Variables wizard
  • Upgrade to TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor to version 3.5.8
  • New TOPICTITLE variable for non-WikiWord topic titles
  • Show topic title in square bracket links using [[+TopicName]] syntax
  • Icon bullet lists: Specify any TWiki doc graphics icon as a bullet
  • WebSearch and WebChanges has now search result pagination
  • WebChanges shows topic age instead of topic date
  • Auto-discover TWikiForms, e.g. no need to set in WEBFORMS preferences setting
  • Move change TWiki Form from edit screen to "more" screen
  • Show link to older versions of attachments in attachment table
  • Automatically link @Twitter handles
  • Add comment section to new topic template
  • Copy/clone topic function in more topic action screen
  • Configurable signatures with profile pictures
  • Open external links in new browser window or tab; show external link icon
  • Scalability Enhancements:
  • Read-only and mirror web support for distributed TWiki sites
  • MetadataRepository for site metadata and web metadata to speed up operations across many webs
  • Rename topic operation with option to not replace web internal references
  • Rename web operation can cope with a large site and read-only/mirror webs
  • Introducing web-level administrator for higher web autonomy; web specific WIKIWEBMASTER
  • Support for multiple disk drives for data and pub directories
  • TWiki Application Platform Enhancements:
  • New EDITFORMFIELD variable to easily create custom forms to create/change topics with TWiki Forms
  • Add rev parameter to FORMFIELD variable
  • New combobox TWiki Form field type
  • New ENTITY variable to entity encode content
  • Add createdate, default, encode parameters to SEARCH variable
  • SEARCH variable with sort by parent feature
  • SEARCH variable extended to make results pagination possible
  • Add encode, newline, nofinalnewline, allowanytype to INCLUDE variable
  • Add subwebs and depth parameters to WEBLIST variable
  • Add section parameter to ADDTOHEAD variable
  • Add encode and decode functions to TWiki::Func
  • Add LWP parameters to TWiki::Func::getExternalResource
  • Conditional Skin based on group membership and other criteria
  • Finer-control variable expansion in topic creation
  • Add topic parameter to VAR variable to get settings defined in another topic
  • Add raw parameter to INCLUDE variable to include a topic in the raw mode
  • Security Enhancements:
  • Support for an implicit "all users" group
  • Empty DENY setting means undefined setting
  • Dynamic access control (experimental)
  • Upgrade support for secure email notification
  • Restrict HTTP variable to not reveal certain header fields
  • User masquerading to check if access restriction is working as expected for another user
  • Disable XSS Protection for JavaScript
  • Extensions Enhancements:
  • Add new WatchlistPlugin to core and deprecate MailerContrib
  • Add new TWikiDashboardAddOn to core distribution
  • Add new ScrollBoxAddOn to core distribution
  • Add new DatePickerPlugin to core and deprecate JSCalendarContrib
  • Add new MovedSkin to core distribution
  • SpreadSheetPlugin supports hash variables with new functions GETHASH(), HASH2LIST(), HASHCOPY(), HASHEACH(), HASHEXISTS(), HASHREVERSE(), LIST2HASH(), SETHASH(), SETMHASH()
  • SpreadSheetPlugin adds new functions BIN2DEC(), DEC2BIN(), DEC2HEX(), DEC2OCT(), HEX2DEC(), OCT2DEC()
  • SpreadSheetPlugin supports quoted parameters with '''triple quotes'''
  • InterwikiPlugin to observe the links configuration parameter
  • TagMePlugin with support for multiple tag namespaces
  • Miscellaneous Feature Enhancements:
  • CGI Engine to be made Fast CGI compatible
  • Empty IF condition to be regarded valid and false
  • Add seconds to the timestamp in debug/log/warn
  • Viewing topic text with variables expanded
  • WEBLIST canmoveto and cancopyto
  • Add viewRedirectHandler callback to plugins API
  • No such topic, no such web, access denied are done right
  • Return "404 Not Found" status for topic not found instead of 200 OK status
  • Return "404 Not Found" status and show "No Such Web" page title for no such web without redirecting to an oops URL titled "Access Denied"
  • Return "403 Access Denied" status for access denied without redirecting to an oops URL whose status code is "200 OK"
  • Statistics enhancements to show most viewed webs, most updated webs, most popular webs, top viewers, # of unique users who viewed, saved, and uploaded on the web/site, affiliation breakdown
  • Specifying webs to be excluded from WebStatistics update
  • Statistics topics can be annualized to e.g. WebStatistics2013, WebStatistics2014. This prevents statistics topics from growing indefinitely
  • For paragraphs generate ... instead of
  • 20 new TWikiDocGraphics icons Analyze Control panel Counter Factory Transparent LED Minus node graph Minus node graph right Minus node graph up-down-right Minus node graph up-right Plus node graph Plus node graph right Plus node graph up-down-right Plus node graph up-right Opportunity Pick Phone extension Toll-free Phone Switch off Switch on Watchlist
  • Bug Fixes:
  • 99 bugs fixed in TWiki-6.0.0

What is new in version 5.1.4:

  • Usability Enhancements:
  • API and GUI for point and click user data management
  • Support disabled users in password manager
  • More visual user profile pages with in-place editing of form fields and picture selector
  • In-place editing of TWiki group settings using PreferencesPlugin
  • Point and click bookmarks for better usability
  • Improved statistics showing overall site usage over time, such as total number of webs, topics, users, etc
  • TopMenuSkin: Option for auto-hidden or fixed top menu-bar; in auto-hidden mode, menu is always accessible with stub - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • TWiki Application Platform Enhancements:
  • Macro language with parameterized variables
  • Ability to auto-create page on view if it does not exist
  • Relative heading levels for INCLUDE
  • Relative heading levels for SEARCH
  • Security Enhancements:
  • Set a flag to force password change on next login
  • S/Mime support for notification e-mails
  • Miscellaneous Feature Enhancements:
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 2 new icons, and updated 1 icon - added in TWiki-5.1.1
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 25 new icons, and updated 2 icons - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 5 new icons - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 5 new icons - added in TWiki-5.1.4
  • User profile pages with CSS based box shadow and rounded corners - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • TWiki logs: Log user agent for all users; log additional info via extralog URL parameter - added in TWiki-5.1.4
  • Plugin Enhancements:
  • New BackupRestorePlugin to easily backup, restore and upgrade TWiki installations
  • BackupRestorePlugin: Add restore from backup feature - added in TWiki-5.1.1
  • CommentPlugin: Send comment to multiple e-mail addresses; better layout & nicer look of default comment box - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • New ColorPickerPlugin to pick a color in form fields
  • New SetGetPlugin that can store variables persistently
  • SetGetPlugin: Add REST interface - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • SetGetPlugin: GET variable with format parameter - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New functions BITXOR(), HEXENCODE(), HEXDECODE(), XOR()
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New functions FLOOR() and CEILING() - added in TWiki-5.1.1
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New CALCULATE variable using the register tag handler for variable evaluation with proper inside-out, left-to-right eval order; new functions $ISDIGIT(), $ISLOWER(), $ISUPPER(), $ISWIKIWORD() and $FILTER() - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New function $STDEV(), $STDEVP(), $VAR(), $VARP() - added in TWiki-5.1.3

What is new in version 5.1.3:

  • Usability Enhancements:
  • API and GUI for point and click user data management
  • Support disabled users in password manager
  • More visual user profile pages with in-place editing of form fields and picture selector
  • In-place editing of TWiki group settings using PreferencesPlugin
  • Point and click bookmarks for better usability
  • Improved statistics showing overall site usage over time, such as total number of webs, topics, users, etc
  • TopMenuSkin: Option for auto-hidden or fixed top menu-bar; in auto-hidden mode, menu is always accessible with stub - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • TWiki Application Platform Enhancements:
  • Macro language with parameterized variables
  • Ability to auto-create page on view if it does not exist
  • Relative heading levels for INCLUDE
  • Relative heading levels for SEARCH
  • Security Enhancements:
  • Set a flag to force password change on next login
  • S/Mime support for notification e-mails
  • Miscellaneous Feature Enhancements:
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 2 new icons, and updated 1 icon - added in TWiki-5.1.1
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 25 new icons, and updated 2 icons - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • TWikiDocGraphics: Added 5 new icons - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • User profile pages with CSS based box shadow and rounded corners - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • Plugin Enhancements:
  • New BackupRestorePlugin to easily backup, restore and upgrade TWiki installations
  • BackupRestorePlugin: Add restore from backup feature - added in TWiki-5.1.1
  • CommentPlugin: Send comment to multiple e-mail addresses; better layout & nicer look of default comment box - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • New ColorPickerPlugin to pick a color in form fields
  • New SetGetPlugin that can store variables persistently
  • SetGetPlugin: Add REST interface - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • SetGetPlugin: GET variable with format parameter - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New functions BITXOR(), HEXENCODE(), HEXDECODE(), XOR()
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New functions FLOOR() and CEILING() - added in TWiki-5.1.1
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New CALCULATE variable using the register tag handler for variable evaluation with proper inside-out, left-to-right eval order; new functions $ISDIGIT(), $ISLOWER(), $ISUPPER(), $ISWIKIWORD() and $FILTER() - added in TWiki-5.1.2
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: New function $STDEV(), $STDEVP(), $VAR(), $VARP() - added in TWiki-5.1.3
  • Bug Fixes:
  • 21 bug fixes since TWiki-5.0.2
  • 17 bug fixes since TWiki-5.1.0 - fixed in TWiki-5.1.1
  • 28 bug fixes since TWiki-5.1.1 - fixed in TWiki-5.1.2
  • 19 bug fixes since TWiki-5.1.2 - fixed in TWiki-5.1.3

What is new in version 5.1.2:

  • This patch release adds some usability enhancements, adds a few new features, and fixes over 20 bugs.
  • It is well tested and is very stable.
  • The TopMenuSkin now has an option for auto-hidden or fixed top menu-bar.
  • In auto-hidden mode, the menu is always accessible via a stub on the upper left.
  • For power users, the SpreadSheetPlugin has new functions $ISDIGIT(), $ISLOWER(), $ISUPPER(), $ISWIKIWORD(), and $FILTER().
  • For programmers, the SetGetPlugin adds a REST interface for setting and querying variables, which is useful for TWiki apps that need to store variables persistently via Ajax calls

What is new in version 5.1.1:

  • This patch release adds some usability enhancements, adds a few new features, and fixes a number of bugs.
  • It is well tested and is very stable.
  • Use the BackupRestorePlugin to easily upgrade your TWiki site.

What is new in version 5.1.0:

  • The primary focus of this release was usability.
  • It added point and click user data management, more visual user profile pages with a picture selector, and a backup feature that helps upgrade TWiki sites.
  • The new release also strengthens TWiki as an application platform for more easily building custom wiki applications.

What is new in version 4.3.1:

  • TWiki 4.3.0 released on 2009-03-30 introduces security enhancements, usability enhancements, feature enhancements, and adds extensions to strengthen TWiki as an enterprise collaboration platform.

What is new in version 4.3.0:

  • Security Enhancements:
  • Reduced risk of XSS (cross-site scripting)
  • S/MIME support to sign administrative e-mails
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Replace question mark links with red-links to point to non-existing topics
  • Enterprise Collaboration Enhancements:
  • Pre-installed HeadlinesPlugin to show headline newsfeeds in TWiki topics
  • Pre-installed TWikiNetSkin, TWikiNetSkinPlugin for corporate look and feel
  • Search Enhancements:
  • Add footer parameter to Formatted Search
  • Add number of topics to Formatted Search
  • Miscellaneous Feature Enhancements:
  • Control over variable expansion at topic creation time
  • 17 new TWikiDocGraphics images
  • Include URL supports list of domains to exclude from proxy
  • Adding Korean language
  • Plugin Enhancements:
  • SpreadSheetPlugin: 5 new functions Important Changes in 4.3.0 Highlights of bug fixes in 4.3.0
  • Security:
  • Review code for robustness and security
  • Secure configure script with taint mode turned on
  • Rendering:
  • %TOC% does not distinguish two headlines that have the same text
  • TablePlugin produces bad links for sorting when using "short" URLs
  • %SCRIPTSUFFIX% is added twice in %TOC% links
  • Incorrect Content-length breaks HTTP headers, a.o. pound fail results
  • TablePlugin: Date sorting is broken
  • Bullet lists in form fields are not rendered properly
  • TWiki Forms expand variables like $nop, $quote $percnt
  • TwistyPlugin: Twisty can't be placed in TWiki table cells
  • Users and groups:
  • TWikiGroups shows all members twice
  • Editing:
  • WysiwygPlugin: Bolding single character within a word introduces spaces around bolded character
  • Miscellaneous:
  • configure's get more extensions does not work well without LWP
  • CommentPlugin: Lost data if it's targeted before/after a missing anchor
  • Plugin installation fails on windows: extender.pl line 684
  • Statistics script does not handle properly topics with special characters The detailed release notes can be found at: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x03x00

What is new in version 4.2.4:

  • This patch release fixes two major security issues, as well as over 30 defects.

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